Tuesday, September 8, 2009

St. Peter and Paul Fortress

After attending an Orthodox service, me and a cups a my peeps (I don't know why I didn't just write it normally) also vistited the St. Peter and Paul fortress, one of the oldest and most historic sites in St. Petersburg, and also the place where many famous Tsars now rest. Rather than explaining it all, I'll just show a few photos courtesy of Justin Wollf. That man (J. Wollf) has the photographer-soul of a poet-saint-sea monster.

The View from outside:



Inside the Church:



We also visited the famous prison on the island location of St. P & P where bolsheviks and other political activists were held. The prison also held famous Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky for a period of time. The prison now holds famous Canadian intellectual A. Berg, whose longing for freedom is expressed in his outstretched grasp for the faint autumn light above him. When will our world change??? How long must Berg suffer? How long must his freedom be denied?

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